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A Scam Email with the Subject
"ABORT ALL TRANSACTIONS NOW !!!"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:40:54 -0800 and has been classified as a
Generic Scam.
The sender was
"EFCC FRAUD MONITORING UNIT"<mark@cyccatv.net.tw>,
although it may have been spoofed.

Scam Email Headers

This a (redacted) view of the raw email headers of this scam email. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate agencies.

return-path:

<mark@cyccatv.net.tw>

envelope-to:

submitted@HUN1P0T,submissions@HUN1P0T

delivery-date:

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:40:54 -0800

reply-to:

<efcc.nigeria@cyberservices.com>

from:

"EFCC FRAUD MONITORING UNIT"<mark@cyccatv.net.tw>

subject:

ABORT ALL TRANSACTIONS NOW !!!

date:

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 03:38:02 +0700

mime-version:

1.0

content-type:

text/plain;charset="Windows-1251"

content-transfer-encoding:

7bit

message-id:

<20101226203750.3C34AD9A69E@mail.cyccatv.net.tw>

to:

undisclosed-recipients:;

Domain Names used for collecting scam email ("Honeypot email accounts") have been obscured and replaced with the token 'HUN1P0T'

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Attention,
After proper and several investigations and research at Western Union and MoneyGram Office, we
found your name
in Western Union database amongst those that have sent money through Western Union to Nigeria and
this proves that
you have truly been swindled by those unscrupulous persons by sending money to them through
Western Union/MoneyGram in the course of getting one fund or the other that is not real, right now
we are
working hand in hand with Western Union to track every fraudsters down, do not respond to their
e-mails,
letters and phone calls any longer as they are scammers and you should be very careful to avoid
being a victim to fraudsters any longer because they have nothing to offer you but to rip-off what
you have
worked earnestly hard to earn.
In this regard a meeting was held between the Board of Directors of The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC)
and as a consequence of our investigations it was agreed that the sum of sixty thousand US Dollars
(US$60,000.00)
should be transferred to you out of the funds that Federal Government of Nigeria has set aside as a
compensation to
everyone who have by one way or the other sent money to fraudsters in Nigeria.
***Please note that we will no longer be liable for any loss, cost or expense whatsoever, suffered
or incurred by You in connection with the fraudsters.
Be warned!
We have deposited your fund at Western Union Money Transfer agent location EMS Post office Lagos,
Nigeria.
We have submitted your details to them so that your fund can be transferred to you. We have paid the
Registration and Transfer fees and for security reasons we have also insured your fund to avoid
misappropriation.
Contact the Western Union agent office through any of the email
addresses stated below;
Phone : +234-708-981-3177
Email : wu_smpt@workmail.com
Yours sincerely,
Adams Smith,
Investigation Officer.
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Please note that e-mails, letters and phone calls are currently been made to unsuspecting persons
by fraudsters
claiming to have access to their funds. Everyday, people throughout the world are falling victim to
scams of one
way or the other. It could be an unexpected prize draw or lottery win, or a chance to invest in an
exciting new
money-making or investment programme . In the circumstance, we unreservedly advice you to
dissociate yourself
from all correspondence and transactions entered into based on evidently fraudulent and fictitious
claims.
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